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【題目】When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London to try his fortune in that great city, and a very interesting place was the London of his day.

There was the famous London Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral, and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.

Then, too, there were the daily crowds where people from all over the world could be seen. Knights，scholars and the highwayman (攔路強盜）or thief，who had been infamous for his clever robberies, passed by each other. Here, also, were noblemen dressed in gold, from Italy and Spain and France; slaves from Spanish America, sea captains and ministers, soldiers and servants—all held by chance or interest within the gray walls which circled London, and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.

Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare, quick to see and eager to learn. And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own town’s residents. Each one told its story to him so plainly that, as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods, so now he learned men and men’s interests that make up the great world.

And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays, he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since; for it is the use of this knowledge of the world, combined with his own genius, that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.

【1】Which of the following best describes Shakespeare?

A．Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown, London.

B．Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London.

C．Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own genius.

D．Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life.

【2】What does the word “one” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Face. B．Sight. C． Crowd. D．Resident

【3】The passage probably comes from______．

A．a(chǎn)n announcement B．a(chǎn)n advertisement

C．a(chǎn) textbook. D. a poster

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了莎士比亞到倫敦，通過自己對日常生活的觀察與學習寫出了戲劇，成為偉大的作家。

【1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare, quick to see and eager to learn.和最后一段And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays,可知莎士比亞來到倫敦，對于London Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral的景象非常好奇 ，并通過自己的觀察把這些融入了自己的創(chuàng)作。故選D。

【2】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段的段意，莎士比亞對于這些景象渴望求知，并最后得知。前文寫到這些景象在當?shù)鼐用竦难劾锖苁煜�。所以此處寫到每一個都告訴他，可知是每一個景象都在告訴他。故選B。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的描述，莎士比亞在倫敦的London Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral生活、學習，在日常生活中觀察、學習，最后成為一名偉大的作家。這樣的人物介紹應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)在教科書上，鼓勵學生從日常生活中觀察、學習。故選C。